$ hg init t $ cd t $ mkdir a $ echo foo > a/a $ echo bar > a/b $ hg ci -Am "0" adding a/a adding a/b $ hg co -C 0 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg mv a b moving a/a to b/a moving a/b to b/b $ hg ci -m "1 mv a/ b/" $ hg co -C 0 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo baz > a/c $ echo quux > a/d $ hg add a/c $ hg ci -m "2 add a/c" created new head $ hg merge --debug 1 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: a/c unmatched files in other: b/a b/b all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted): src: 'a/a' -> dst: 'b/a' src: 'a/b' -> dst: 'b/b' checking for directory renames discovered dir src: 'a/' -> dst: 'b/' pending file src: 'a/c' -> dst: 'b/c' resolving manifests branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False ancestor: f9b20c0d4c51, local: ce36d17b18fb+, remote: 397f8b00a740 a/a: other deleted -> r removing a/a a/b: other deleted -> r removing a/b b/a: remote created -> g getting b/a b/b: remote created -> g getting b/b b/c: remote directory rename - move from a/c -> dm moving a/c to b/c 3 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ echo a/* b/* a/d b/a b/b b/c $ hg st -C M b/a M b/b A b/c a/c R a/a R a/b R a/c ? a/d $ hg ci -m "3 merge 2+1" $ hg debugrename b/c b/c renamed from a/c:354ae8da6e890359ef49ade27b68bbc361f3ca88 $ hg co -C 1 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg merge --debug 2 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: b/a b/b unmatched files in other: a/c all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted): src: 'a/a' -> dst: 'b/a' src: 'a/b' -> dst: 'b/b' checking for directory renames discovered dir src: 'a/' -> dst: 'b/' pending file src: 'a/c' -> dst: 'b/c' resolving manifests branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False ancestor: f9b20c0d4c51, local: 397f8b00a740+, remote: ce36d17b18fb starting 4 threads for background file closing (?) b/c: local directory rename - get from a/c -> dg getting a/c to b/c 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ echo a/* b/* a/d b/a b/b b/c $ hg st -C A b/c a/c ? a/d $ hg ci -m "4 merge 1+2" created new head $ hg debugrename b/c b/c renamed from a/c:354ae8da6e890359ef49ade27b68bbc361f3ca88 Local directory rename with conflicting file added in remote source directory and untracked in local target directory. $ hg co -qC 1 $ echo target > b/c $ hg merge 2 b/c: untracked file differs abort: untracked files in working directory differ from files in requested revision [255] $ cat b/c target but it should succeed if the content matches $ hg cat -r 2 a/c > b/c $ hg merge 2 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg st -C A b/c a/c ? a/d Local directory rename with conflicting file added in remote source directory and committed in local target directory. $ hg co -qC 1 $ echo target > b/c $ hg add b/c $ hg commit -qm 'new file in target directory' $ hg merge 2 merging b/c and a/c to b/c warning: conflicts while merging b/c! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark') 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon [1] $ hg st -A M b/c a/c ? a/d ? b/c.orig C b/a C b/b $ cat b/c <<<<<<< working copy: f1c50ca4f127 - test: new file in target directory target ======= baz >>>>>>> merge rev: ce36d17b18fb - test: 2 add a/c $ rm b/c.orig Remote directory rename with conflicting file added in remote target directory and committed in local source directory. $ hg co -qC 2 $ hg st -A ? a/d C a/a C a/b C a/c $ hg merge 5 merging a/c and b/c to b/c warning: conflicts while merging b/c! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark') 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon [1] $ hg st -A M b/a M b/b M b/c a/c R a/a R a/b R a/c ? a/d ? b/c.orig $ cat b/c <<<<<<< working copy: ce36d17b18fb - test: 2 add a/c baz ======= target >>>>>>> merge rev: f1c50ca4f127 - test: new file in target directory Second scenario with two repos: $ cd .. $ hg init r1 $ cd r1 $ mkdir a $ echo foo > a/f $ hg add a adding a/f $ hg ci -m "a/f == foo" $ cd .. $ hg clone r1 r2 updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd r2 $ hg mv a b moving a/f to b/f $ echo foo1 > b/f $ hg ci -m" a -> b, b/f == foo1" $ cd .. $ cd r1 $ mkdir a/aa $ echo bar > a/aa/g $ hg add a/aa adding a/aa/g $ hg ci -m "a/aa/g" $ hg pull ../r2 pulling from ../r2 searching for changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads) new changesets 7d51ed18da25 (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge) $ hg merge 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg st -C M b/f A b/aa/g a/aa/g R a/aa/g R a/f $ cd .. Test renames to separate directories $ hg init a $ cd a $ mkdir a $ touch a/s $ touch a/t $ hg ci -Am0 adding a/s adding a/t Add more files $ touch a/s2 $ touch a/t2 $ hg ci -Am1 adding a/s2 adding a/t2 Do moves on a branch $ hg up 0 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ mkdir s $ mkdir t $ hg mv a/s s $ hg mv a/t t $ hg ci -Am2 created new head $ hg st --copies --change . A s/s a/s A t/t a/t R a/s R a/t Merge shouldn't move s2, t2 $ hg merge 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg st --copies M a/s2 M a/t2 Try the merge in the other direction. It may or may not be appropriate for status to list copies here. $ hg up -C 1 4 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg merge 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg st --copies M s/s M t/t R a/s R a/t